Almost typed "Merry almost Christmas." Fail.

Happy almost new year! :) Aaaaaaand we're off! The 365 officially begins.

Today's been an exciting day, my blog-buddies. I was home alone for like an hour and a half earlier, so I tuned into ExerciseTV (my favorite) and experimented with a new form of exercise called CARDIOKE. And let me tell you, I was sweating. It was so much fun though! It's by the guy who created Ti Bo (or however you spell it), and it's really peppy and a good workout. A+ experience.

Thennn I got dressed and met the fam to head out to the mall! Whoo! We bopped around Target for a while (didn't see Abby there - whaaaaat?) and then swung by GameStop on our way to lunch - our favorite mall stop, Blue Coast Burrito. But it was GONE. :( Sad bears. It's not even in Chatt. anymore. So we went to Moe's for lunch, which was pretty awesome anyways (gotta love it - "WELCOME TO MOE'S!!")

Then I let go of my spendthrift ways (temporarily) and bought the Playstation 3 that I've been considering for a month or so now. Yes, dear readers, I am a closet gamer. A very nerdy closeted gamer. So psyched, actually - I've ordered two games from Amazon and everything! Score. Another A+ experience.

Finally, la piece de resistance -- we went to Northgate and I got my CARTILAGE PIERCED. Yes, I did it. I made my family go stand elsewhere and then went and found them -- god knows they would have been allllll up in my face, especially since I passed out the other night when my dad pulled a splinter from my finger. Literally passed out. First time for that - lemme tell ya, I would not recommend it.

Anyways! The cart. pierce is awesome, I love it. Except it's still a little sore, and it feels kind of weird, haha. I keep going WHAT'S IN MY EAR.

After our grand adventure mallside, we headed home and showered before meeting up with Aunt and Cousin to go bowling! Bowling on New Year's Eve is totally awesome - Holiday Bowl is all lit up and black-lighted and snazzy, and none of us are very good bowlers, so I don't feel like a total failure, haha.

Now I'm chillin' out with a lovely bowl of peppermint ice cream. Life is good. It's been a pretty cool day :) Later loves.

Just your typical Thursday

Heya guys. Unfortunately, my inaugural post may end up being one of those angsty ones -- I dunno, we'll see if I'm still steaming by the time I get the end of this post. I've found that blogging is very soothing; most of the time I can talk myself out of whatever unpleasant mood I've found myself in.

Well, let's see, I promised you guys a sort of introduction. I'm assuming Emily and Abby are going to be the only ones reading this, but introductions of all sorts are important to begin any sort of story. Plus, I won't have a lot else to talk about if I don't talk about myself, haha.

Who she is: Louise, 18, lass
Where she is: halfway through senior yearrrrrr omg

Mmm, you guys know that I spend my non-school time with theater, but you may or may not know that I also love singing and playing around with the piano. I've played piano for ten years (um, whoa), but I've only taken lessons for like five of those ten, so I'm not nearly as good as I make myself sound like, haha. Piano's an awesome stress reliever, though, and I have a great time with it.

Also, I currently have an obsession with puzzles! I started during last year's spring exams, and I got two new puzzles for Christmas. Yussss. Except they're a thousand pieces, which is a looooooot. I'm used to the dudes with five hundred.

I'm kind of distracted right now, so I'm sorry that this post isn't super intellectual or in-depth or whatever. There'll be plenty of time for that in the future, I guarantee it (;

Let's see, what did I do today? We went by the bank this morning to set up a checking account and Visa for me...yikes, I'm officially old. After that we came home and I hung out for like an hour, then Dad, sister, cousin, and I went to go see Tron. Sister and I saw Tron at the beginning of break, but Dad and cousin hadn't seen it, so we went with them.

Tron took a pretty huge chunk of the afternoon, but it was cool and all. Lessee, after we got back from that, parents dragged the two of us out to go walking with them...which basically turned into a massive unpleasant family fight that I don't really want to go into. I came back ready to type up a giant, angry post about how much I hate my family sometimes, but I've decided that I don't really want to. I'm tired, and conflict makes my brain hurt. Maybe I'll just go curl up and read until dinner time, that sounds pretty good.

Peace out, my lovelies (:

Starting from Scratch

Bonjour mes amies, remember me? It's Louise again, back in the blog-o-sphere with all the boring and not-so-boring (yeah right) things I have to say.

I've basically been blogging since eighth grade, when I also started journaling. Journaling and blogging have basically saved my life. Literally, I'm not just spouting hyperboles over here. I also love typing away at my thoughts because it makes me feel productive, and I love to look back on entries later and gain a sense of perspective.

I used Livejournal on and off again for the better part of four years, resulting in like four different accounts that I (believe it or not) actually remember the passwords for. I've also had this little puppy that I started this summer, in which I actually blogged about my days and not just my angst.

But I haven't been blogging since the year has started, and while I have done a little journaling, I've missed the blog-o-sphere. My bestie Maja has a blog that I read, but I haven't been on Blogspot in ages. Thankfully Miss Emily Rice is kicking me back into gear.

Emily can be found here. She and our other friend Abby have decided, as a New Year's Resolution, to try a 365 -- basically a blog that we update every day. As Emily put it:

one of my friends, abby davis (http://abbsdavs.blogspot.com/), and i have decided that we want to do 365s with the new year. we want to hold each other accountable for actually writing the bloody blog posts, and we are hoping that you (whoever you are) will hold us accountable as well by commenting on our posts. to us, this is a big deal since we are about to go off to college---which means this blog will follow us from being surrounded by people who know what we eat for breakfast to being placed among people that don't even know our names. i am not entirely sure what abby wants to post about with her 365, but i want to do mine focused on arts by creating something new every day and sharing the art i find with y'all.

She said it much more eloquently than I could hope for, haha. So, here I am, back on blogging. I'm sure Emily and Abby will be the only ones who comment, but I'm doing this as much for me as I am to hold up my end of the resolution.

Not gonna lie, I'm nervous about the "bloody blog posts." I told Em, I get super paranoid about stuff like this, which is why my old Livejournals were only accessible to my interwebs friends that I never saw in real life. But. I'm going to be brave, and go for it.

As you can see, when I started this blog, I started doing this thing with music sharing, or TV shows, or books, or whatever. Basically what I'm currently focusing on. I'm hoping to continue this, along with documenting the ins and outs of my life.

I guess I should explain the title of this blog. I took it from one of my favorite Oscar Wilde quotes: "we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." I really like the idea behind the phrase, because I feel like it goes beyond the typical half full/half empty metaphor.

Anyways, I'll do an introduction post tomorrow, like who I am or whatever, since all stories need a beginning. So, for tonight, Louise is out. :)